---
name: "H. G. Wells"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/h-g-wells"
fi1m_id: "h-g-wells"
imdb_id: "nm0920229"
tmdb_id: 11624
wikidata_id: "Q42511"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "21 September 1866"
died: "13 August 1946"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-25T02:30:36.613749+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# H. G. Wells

## Identity

H. G. Wells

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/h-g-wells
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** h-g-wells
- **IMDb ID:** nm0920229
- **TMDB ID:** 11624
- **Wikidata ID:** Q42511
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42511, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0920229/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11624

Writer. Born 21 September 1866 in Bromley, Kent, England, UK. Died 13 August 1946.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 21 September 1866, Bromley, Kent, England, UK
- **Died:** 13 August 1946
- **Active:** 1936–2005
- **Also known as:** Herbert George Wells, ハーバート・ジョージ・ウェルズ
- **Average Fi1m score:** 68, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 65 (1), 2000s 70 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42511, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0920229/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11624

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Things to Come*](https://film.one/film/things-to-come-1936.md) (65)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

H. G. Wells, also known as Herbert George Wells, was an English novelist, journalist, sociologist and historian.

Born in Bromley, Kent, he studied biology at the Normal School of Science in London and worked as a science teacher before turning to writing. His early novels included *The Time Machine* (1895) and *The War of the Worlds* (1898).

He wrote the screenplay for the 1936 film *Things to Come*, a loose adaptation of his 1933 book *The Shape of Things to Come*. His novels have been adapted into numerous films, including the 2005 version of *War of the Worlds*.

*Sources: britannica.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *War of the Worlds* (2005), Fi1m 70, Novel — [page](https://film.one/film/war-of-the-worlds.md)
- *Things to Come* (1936), Fi1m 65, Novel, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/things-to-come-1936.md)

## Complete filmography (88)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *War of the Worlds* (2025), Novel
- *The Battle of Grovers Mill* (2024), Original Story
- *Country of Blind* (2023), Novel, Original Story
- *Fear the Invisible Man* (2023), Original Story
- *War of the Worlds: The Attack* (2023), Novel
- *Dr. Moreau* (2022), Author
- *The Invisible Man* (2020), Novel
- *War of the Worlds* (2019), series, Novel
- *Chapter 9* (2019), Original Film Writer
- *The Invisible Man* (2017), Novel
- *The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells* (2016), series, Short Story
- *The Invisible Man* (2015), Characters
- *War of the Worlds: Goliath* (2012), Novel
- *War of the Worlds the True Story* (2012), Novel
- *The First Men in the Moon* (2010), Novel
- *The Invisible Chronicles* (2009), Novel
- *War of the Servers* (2007), Novel
- *War of the Worlds* (2005), Novel — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/war-of-the-worlds.md)
- *H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds* (2005), Novel
- *H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds* (2005), Novel
- *Time Kid* (2003), Novel
- *The Erotic Time Machine* (2002), Writer
- *The Time Machine* (2002), Novel
- *The Infinite Worlds of H.G. Wells* (2001), series, Short Story, Creator
- *The Island of Dr. Moreau* (1996), Novel
- *The Country of the Blind* (1995), Story
- *Волшебная лавка* (1992), Story
- *The Door in the Wall* (1990), Author
- *How to Lose Weight* (1986), Author
- *The Invisible Man* (1985), Novel
- *The Invisible Man* (1984), series, Novel
- *The Magic Shop* (1982), Writer
- *The Dream of Another* (1981), Short Story
- *The Devil's Game* (1981), series, Novel
- *The Magic Shop* (1980), Writer
- *The Shape of Things to Come* (1979), Novel
- *The Time Machine* (1978), Novel
- *The Island of Dr. Moreau* (1977), Novel
- *Empire of the Ants* (1977), Story
- *The Invisible Man* (1977), Novel
- *The Food of the Gods* (1976), Novel
- *The Invisible Man* (1975), Writer
- *The Marvelous Visit* (1974), Novel
- *Nová metoda malíře Smithe* (1974), Short Story
- *Love and Mr Lewisham* (1972), series, Novel
- *Prawdziwie magiczny sklep* (1970), Short Story
- *The Man Who Could Work Miracles* (1969), Story
- *Mad Monster Party?* (1967), Characters
- *Village of the Giants* (1965), Novel
- *BBC Play of the Month* (1965), series, Story
- *Aadhi Raat Ke Baad* (1965), Story
- *First Men in the Moon* (1964), Original Story
- *Ann Veronica* (1964), series, Novel
- *The Alfred Hitchcock Hour* (1962), series, Novel
- *The DuPont Show of the Week* (1961), series, Short Story
- *The Time Machine* (1960), Novel
- *The Invisible Man* (1958), series, Original Story
- *The Invisible Man vs. The Human Fly* (1957), Characters
- *Armchair Theatre* (1956), series, Writer
- *The Invisible Man in Istanbul* (1955), Novel
- *Invisible Man* (1954), Novel
- *The War of the Worlds* (1953), Novel
- *Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man* (1951), Novel
- *The Invisible Man Appears* (1949), Novel
- *The History of Mr. Polly* (1949), Writer
- *The Passionate Friends* (1949), Novel
- *The Time Machine* (1949), Novel
- *Dead of Night* (1945), Original Story
- *The Invisible Man's Revenge* (1944), Characters
- *Invisible Agent* (1942), Novel
- *Kipps* (1941), Novel
- *The Invisible Man Returns* (1940), Characters
- *The Man Who Could Work Miracles* (1936), Writer
- *Things to Come* (1936), Screenplay, Novel — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/things-to-come-1936.md)
- *The Invisible Man* (1933), Novel
- *Island of Lost Souls* (1932), Novel
- *The Tonic* (1928), Story
- *Daydreams* (1928), Writer
- *Marriage* (1927), Novel
- *The Wheels of Chance* (1922), Novel
- *The Passionate Friends* (1922), Novel
- *Kipps* (1921), Novel
- *The First Men in the Moon* (1919), Novel
- *Le Voleur invisible* (1909), Novel
- *Eyes in the Trees*, Novel
- *The Invisible Man 2*, Novel
- *Moreau*, series, Novel
- *In the Valley of Shadows*, Short Story

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